Breeding in the UK

[milanbenes]

you had your chance to get into this stuff about 4 years ago Francko but you didn't push it, you should have

Milan.

[Francko]

you had your chance to get into this stuff about 4 years ago Francko but you didn't push it, you should have

Milan.

? You mean about accepting the permanent role in the dutch bank?

[milanbenes]

the cjo stuff

anyway doesn't matter

my opinion you are wrong with your conclusion that UK comes out tops on the salary against cost of living scale

you want to bring up your child in the city ? hopefully in a house with a garden ?

you have no car ? you know how much stuff you suddenly have to take with you to go anywhere once you have a child

you want you child to ride on public transport and your missus and the pram and all the baby stuff

we'll see how long she puts up with that



you should come back to the mainland

Milan.

[Francko]

you should come back to the mainland

Milan.

Ah... being a neighbour to Milan! Do you charge them if they need a cup of sugar?

[sasguru]

Struggle is good for the soul, boys. Builds character.
Alternatively if you had ploughed a liitle bit of cash into the housing market in the mid-late 90s, when contracting rates were at their best ...

[Joe Black]

London offers the best salaries in Europe !!

LOL...speaking for myself, london does not offer the best salary/cost of living ratio

if you think it does you are dreaming

Milan.

Possibly, speaking for yourself it doesn't. As for the other generalisations, utter b*llocks.

Some things are obviously cheaper in Europe, houses, cigarettes, fuel (diesel primarily), but for the rest, regarding the average Joe (e.g. IT contractor/permie), in most cases almost everyone I know/have known in IT has been able to put more away in the bank, acummulate more capital, in a shorter space of time in London than just about anyone I've come across on the continent.

Hence the reason IT contractors from the UK can go to Belgium and buy a house for cash, those working in Belgium can perhaps buy a house in the Czech Republic for cash, while those in CZ have to look towards Latvia, and similarly the Lats perhaps towards Siberia to get 'value' for their money.

Strangely it doesn't seem to work the other way round...